Alex Daoud

C'mon People, We Live in a Democracy Here

Club Nu

Take This Commissioner, Please!

The Last Dance

The Perfect Game

Better Dead Than Read?

A new crop of Miami Beach commissioners might finally lay to rest the Huber Drug Letter controversy

You Make the Call!

Who should be selected as Miami Beach's new city manager? If the politicians insist on holding secret meetings to discuss it, make sure they meet with you!

Mex Education

Who should be selected as Miami Beach's new city manager? If the politicians insist on holding secret meetings to discuss it, make sure they meet with you!

Daud Descending

With prison just around the corner, Miami Beach's former golden boy looks back at the gravity of his corruption and broods on the sorrow of his fate

Winning Wasn't Everything

Jim Dougherty exposed insurance fraud for Lloyd's of London -- until they concluded the Miami Beach lawyer had overbilled them by millions. Now the U.S. attorney is involved and things have turned very ugly, indeed.

Witness to Fitness

Seventy-nine-year-old Miami Beach bodybuilding and weightlifting goddess Dalia Valle will whip you into shape

Big Names, Rising Stars

Walk the streets of Miami Book Fair International.

Letters from the Issue of January 31, 2008

"Luis Posada Carriles is a dangerous terrorist who belongs behind bars until he croaks!"

New Times Turns 20

Check out the weirdness from our wacky two decades.

How Alex Daoud Got His Groove Back

Former Miami Beach mayor visits Books & Books in the Gables.

Alex Daoud’s Election Day

Forget the runoff between Matti and Simon. Mayor Alex is the man.

Miami: Blink and You'll Miss It

That's how quickly things change here, which can be invigorating for cities as well as editors

Here Comes the Neighborhood

An old Miami Beach family is cashing in on the next new thing

Strip Wars

The politics of selling sex entertainment on SoBe

Hizzoner Unloads

On his way out, Miami Beach Mayor Neisen Kasdin takes aim and fires

Ring Cycle

Miami boasts a boxing legend who has kept on swinging through good times and bad. He's the king of the clubs. He's Tuto Zabala.

Solid Gold

A 30-year-old law clerk purchases Miami's precious history for a song

Designing Craig

Craig Robins has built a reputation as the good developer. Just ask him.

Bull in the Market

South Florida philanthropist Richard Bronson built his fortune on the shady side of Wall Street

Gelber Unbound

He managed to leave office without being indicted, which may explain why Miami Beach's former mayor feels free to unload on development, corruption, and the bad boys across the bay

If You Indict, They Will Come

What is Miami's greatest natural resource? Corruption, of course! So let's get out there and sell it!

Witness for the Prosecution

Bruce Udolf spent seven years arguing public corruption cases for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami. A report from the front lines.

Hip Hip Beret!

Two-time losers in Miami, the Guardian Angels are back for another shot

Good Morning, Havana!

Two-time losers in Miami, the Guardian Angels are back for another shot

The Autocrat

Some say Miami Beach's Jose Garca-Pedrosa is a strong city manager. Others tend to employ more colorful language.

Letters

Some say Miami Beach's Jose Garca-Pedrosa is a strong city manager. Others tend to employ more colorful language.

Letters

Some say Miami Beach's Jose Garca-Pedrosa is a strong city manager. Others tend to employ more colorful language.

Stool Pigeon Serenade

Some say Miami Beach's Jose Garca-Pedrosa is a strong city manager. Others tend to employ more colorful language.

The Haunting of Alex Daoud, Part 2

The disgraced former Miami Beach mayor comes out swinging at his former friends and associates

Swelter 2

The disgraced former Miami Beach mayor comes out swinging at his former friends and associates

The Case of the Invisible Candidate

, The 107th District state House race provides a mystery worthy of Dashiell Hammett

Bye Bye Birdie

Alex Daoud, Miami Beach's own Icarus, finally lands in the hoosegow

Charge Account

Alex Daoud, Miami Beach's own Icarus, finally lands in the hoosegow

The Pioneer of Porn

What do you say to a naked lady? For more than 30 years Leroy Griffith has been saying, "You're hired!"

The Devil Made Me Poo It

What do you say to a naked lady? For more than 30 years Leroy Griffith has been saying, "You're hired!"

Janet Reno's Greatest Hits

What do you say to a naked lady? For more than 30 years Leroy Griffith has been saying, "You're hired!"

News Roundup

Miami Beach hires  one of the world's most well known architects, Frank Gehry, to design a new home for the New World Symphony. then it seriously asks him to reduce his fee. Gehry may leave the project. [Architect's Journal] Former Miami Beach Mayor and former jailbird Alex Daoud was  ... More >>

Look Who Showed Up at the Miami Babylon Book Reading

Bill CookeTrisha Posner (left), Irene Marie, and Tara Solomon​Just last week, investigative journalist Gerald Posner complained to the New York Post that no one in town would throw a party for the release of his new book detailing the cocaine-fueled history of Miami Beach, Miami Babylon. Not ... More >>

Alex Daoud Promises His Movie Will Not Be the Ishtar of Miami Beach Politics

Marco Kornfeld​Alex Daoud is one of those only-in-South-Florida characters -- a big and boisterous former Miami Beach mayor who sparred with Muhammad Ali, spent 18 months in prison for bribery, and then wrote an unsparing book about it. Now film producer Philippe Martinez has bought the rights to ... More >>

Miami-Born Model Crystal Renn Repping Curvy Chicks

​The models that populate South Beach, or used to anyway, are usually alien looking wisps of girls. But other parts of the 305 celebrate ladies with a bit of curves, so leave it to a Miami-born model to be leading the way for plus size girls in the world of high fashion. Crystal Renn was born and ... More >>

History Miami Museum commits to crime

​The models that populate South Beach, or used to anyway, are usually alien looking wisps of girls. But other parts of the 305 celebrate ladies with a bit of curves, so leave it to a Miami-born model to be leading the way for plus size girls in the world of high fashion. Crystal Renn was born and ... More >>

Forget "Miami-Wade": Name the County After These True South Floridians

Midwesterner.​The Dwyane-Wade-please-stay groveling continues with the county commission voting to rename our municipality Miami-Wade County. Ho-hum. It's like Miami officials have observed all of the crazy stunts Cleveland is pulling in trying to persuade LeBron James to stay a Cavalier, and ... More >>